Do you have a second team to root for?

[Rules&Regulations]

There are teams that I dislike less than others, but that's about it. When the Panthers first came into existence, my second team was the Steelers, since that was my team before we had a team. Also, I loved playing with the bus and slash in Madden. Time has since cured that ailment.

[Ruff]

Anyone that plays the Falcons.

[Johnny Rockets]

I will never understand how the people that refuse to watch any other team but the Panthers can be so vocal when it comes to opinions about other teams or the NFL in general when they can know nothing about either. I guess you can be a Panther fan and not a fan of the NFL in general but that is hard for me to grasp.

 

How can you even rate your own team when you don't know the level of competition that is out there?

[caatfan]

Don't give me this I have an NFC team and an AFC team bullshit. 

 

You have one team or you have no team at all. 

Luckily, you don't get to dictate the definition of 'fan'.

[boo7382]

Luckily, you don't get to dictate the definition of 'fan'.

 

and hey, look at that! neither do you

 

 

[Mol3m4n]

I don't root for another team, but my dad is a huge Cowboys fan and I enjoy watching them with him. That's the only remotely close thing I could think of.

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[SCMunnerlyn1]

Bengals and Vikings

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[t96]

I'm all Panthers all the way, but since I lived in Detroit for about 15 years I've gotten to feel so sorry for their fans that I would like to see the Lions succeed. I watch all their games that don't conflict with the Panthers and hope they win if they aren't playing the Panthers.. But I haven't been to Lions game since I left Detroit and I don't follow them at all in the offseason compared to how much I follow the Panthers. I will admit, I have a Calvin Johnson jersey... Don't wear it though, just have it since I met him a couple times and he was the absolute man off the field, in addition to being a beast on it. Went to a couple jazz bars with him, pretty cool guy, so I bought his jersey. 

[Servant of Cthululelei]

I have a lot of family in the Seattle region and have been to a few of their games over the years (unfortunately, only when they've sucked).  Add in the fact that I'm an NC State grad and Seattle is a pretty clear second favorite for me.  However, it's just a situation of "if it doesn't hurt the Panthers in any way, then I hope Seattle wins their games too" kind of thing.  I don't actively follow the team and I've never rooted for them in any situation where them winning could hurt the Panthers.  It also doesn't really bother me much if they lose.  Not even close to what I feel when the Panthers lose.

 

When I think about it, the difference between "favorite" and "second favorite" is so huge that the two are barely even comparable.  I guess there are 5 tiers for me:  Panthers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Seahawks>>Teams I don't dislike>>Teams I dislike>>>>>Teams I despise.

[PerCC]

I guess I'll go against the grain and say yes. 

 

I'm from Huntersville but my dad is from Texas, and since I was little he tried to sway me towards the Cowboys, especially since the Panthers weren't around til I was 4. I root for them to win every one of their games (except against the Panthers) as a #2 team but I don't follow them in depth.

 

I also gravitated towards the Broncos when I was a kid because I loved Elway and Davis, and to a young kid having a few teams to root for doesn't seem so outlandish - just like that kid for make a wish foundation who is from Houston but loves Cam. 

 

Neither the Cowboys or Broncos are even in the same area code of the obsessive fandom I have for the Panthers, but I am certainly fans of those two teams.

[philp]

Bengals and Vikings

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[Salvo]

Growing up in LA, I still have a soft spot for the Raiders...albeit, a very SMALL soft spot.

 

Panthers all the way.

[SurvivalSloth]

I like the Chiefs because of Hall of Famer Bobby Bell. He's friends with my aunt and gave me a signed Kansas City Ambassadors football. Since then, he's made a few trips to Concord to eat dinner with us and even attended my Grandmother's funeral this past summer. Great, great guy. He'd be my nomination for The Most Interesting Man in the World.

Having said that, I spend too much time following the Panthers, getting into arguments with other fans about Cam's legitimacy, and defending Luke as the league's best player to follow KC. 

[TheRumGone]

i had a soft spot for the 9ers because i'm from there and grew up watching rice, young, norton, davis ect. and one of my dad's coworkers son played OL for them.

 

kaepernick fuged that up. i can't stand them anymore.

 

i will say my father thinks cam is the greatest thing since sliced bread which is high praise for someone who watched montana and young and all those superbowls and is pretty knowledgeable about the game.